Field reel for cable coil



2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ,30 3 "Zvv C. J. BENEKE FIELD REEL FOR CABLE COIL Aug.18, 1 953 Filed May 26, 1950 fw y 7 E INVENTOR.

TZ'KNEX C. J. BENEKE FIELD REEL FOR CABLE COIL Aug. 18, 1953 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 2e, 195o INVENTOR.

Patented Aug. 18, 1953 UNITED s'rA'rss TENT OFFICE FIELD REEL FOR CABLEOOIL Charles J. Beneke, Louisville, Ky., assignor to Reynolds MetalsCompany, Richmond, Va., 'a

ccrporaticn 'of Delaware 2 Claims.

The present invention relates to reels for cable coils and particularlyto a reel for use in the field and to which a transported coil of cablewill be applied. The invention is particularly applicable to thehandling of coils of cable which, through handling in shipment have beenaffected by derangement of the convolutions as to normal relative'position because the invention enables restoration of the proper formof the coil preliminary to unwinding and without tangling, binding andprobable injury.

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a vertical section through an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly broken away;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section on the line 3-3, Fig. 1;

Fig. i is an enlarged fragmentary view showing one of the adjusting rodmembers of the reel into which it is threaded;

Fig. 5 is a view in elevation taken at right angles to the precedinggure;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing a normal coil of cable secured bytie bands.

In the shipment of cable, including armored cable, it is customary toform a coil of the cable and to tie convolutions in position by means ofmetallic tie bands. Such a coil is shown at I in Fig. 6, the tie bandsbeing indicated at 2.

In the held it is customary to place such a cable coil upon ahorizontally supported shaft or drum and to unreel the cable preliminaryto use. It frequently happens, however, that, due to stresses exertedupon the coil in shipping, the convolutions are mis-alined and thenormal form of the coil distorted. Therefore difficulty is met with inunreeling the cable because the convolutions are not properly related.

In Fig. 1 I have indicated by the dotted lines at 3 the boundaries of acoil of cable which has become distorted from its normal form and placedupon a Iield reel constructed in accordance with the present invention.This reel consists of a shaft receiving sleeve .li provided with aplurality .f

is reinforced by an internal reinforcing ring 8. Supported upon sleeve 4and also suitably secured to drum or hub l, is a large cable coilabutting first header 9. This header S may be stamped out of a sheet ofaluminum alloy or other metal and the peripheral area turned outward andthen inward as shown in Fig. 1 to provide a strong rim, the strength ofthe header being further increased by embossed ribs I0.

The spacer discs 5 are apertured to receive a plurality of tie rods,four in the present embodiment. These tie rods are shown at II and attheir outer ends they carry exterior nuts I2. The inner ends of the rodsare threaded and are passed through apertures I3 of L-shaped brackets I3which are Welded or otherwise secured to one of the spacer discs 5 and,in each case, to the adjacent inner wall of drum or hub l. Inner nuts I4threaded on to the tie rods I l may be held against rotation by clipsl5.

The reel is provided with a removable header I6 the periphery of whichis rolled as in the case of header 9, and reinforcing ribs IIIrv may beprovided. The header I6 is formed with a disc 2M: having an axialaperture for the reception of a shaft, this aperture being in registerwith an internal reinforcing ring I'I for the sleeve d. Header I@ isprovided with a plurality of bayonet slots as at I8, Fig. 2, the largerarea of each slot being of a size to pass the nuts I2. The nuts likewisemay pass through corresponding apertures at 20 in a telescopic hub 2ihaving disc 23x05 and carried by said header It and slidingly ttedWithin hub I. A washer |211: is used in conjunction with screwable nutI2 to effect a firm grasp against disc 20x.

When the nuts l2 are alined with the apertures 20 and hence the bayonetslots I8 of header I5, the latter may be moved inwardly to the positionof Fig. 1 whereupon said header Iii may be rotated to bring the rods Ilinto the narrow section of the bayonet slots, the coil being in positionon the tightening of the nuts I2 to move header I6 toward its co-actingheader 9 until, for example, whereupon the deformed and inisalined coil,shown in its position at the dotted lines 3, Will be restored to properform, as indicated by the dotted lines 39. Thereupon the nuts may besomewhat loosened to permit free payingout cable from the reel.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is as follows:

1. A reel for aligning deranged cable coil thereon comprising a firstheader, an inner sleeve secured to said rst header, a plurality ofspacedapart discs disposed about said sleeve and having a plurality ofin-line apertures therein for passage of tie-rods therethrough, an outercylindrical drum secured to the peripheries of said discs and to thesaid first header, a movable header, a cylindrical hub secured to saidmovable header and adapted to be adjustably moved into and out of saiddrum, said hub having a pair of spaced-apart discs integrally securedthereto and having a plurality of irl-line apertures therein adapted toreceive a plurality of tie-rods, and a plurality of tie-rods havingthreaded ends tted through said discs of said rst and said movableheaders and means workably associated with said tie-rods to move saidhub into said drum.

2. The reel of claim 1 wherein a plurality of brackets are disposedexteriorly relative to one of said spaced-apart discs secured to saidsleeve, said brackets having apertures therein to receive said tie-rods,and said means being adjustable means for securing said tie-rods to saidbrackets and to said hubs secured to said movable header, wherebyadjustment of said adjustable means will cause linear movement of saidhub within said drum.

CHARLES J. BENEKE.

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